Foster care improves when data bases talk - by kathrynb Researchers have linked two California databases in a rare undertaking that holds promise for helping the state’s 62,000 foster youth. The cross-pollination, announced earlier this month at the California Foster Youth Education Summit, connects ...
Sputnik moments and other tall tales about crises in public education - by Gary Ravani Exhortations about “Sputnik moments” have been peppering the speeches of many public figures lately. The launching of a satellite into Earth orbit in 1957 by the now defunct Soviet Union was assumed to demonstrate that the U.S. had fallen behind .
